We help clients identify, create, and execute customized sustainability solutions that enhance their competitive advantage as well as deliver value to their stakeholders and the environment. We advise clients on sustainability strategies that align with their core business model to achieve maximum results.
We have helped companies that are beginning sustainability programs to understand the value proposition, design internal structures, select key performance indicators, and navigate tracking and reporting options. We also help companies with established sustainability programs execute and derive more value from enhanced practices and new initiatives. We closely monitor the latest developments, so our clients can capitalize on emerging trends and maintain their leadership amidst the fast-paced evolution of sustainability programs.
Representative Case Studies:
- Mergers and Combined Value: For a large company involved in a merger, we designed and executed a strategy to incorporate the company’s strong sustainability ethic into the soon-to-be combined company, seeking new sustainability value through the combined enterprise and by educating the acquired company on how to align its practices for larger combined value.
- Next Generation Goal-Setting: For a leading industrial company with best-in-class sustainability commitments in place, we led a year-long process to develop its next set of leading commitments. We developed value-adding new goals and ran a process to solicit and incorporate ideas and input from a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Executive Team Briefing: For a heavy manufacturing company with a CEO dedicated to enhancing the company’s sustainability profile and commitments, we were brought in to brief senior leaders on best practices, sustainability trends, and the business value of sustainability. We then helped design and incorporate a best-practices sustainability policy.
- Sustainability Goal Implementation: In support of an aggressive greenhouse reduction goal we developed for a large corporate with multiple facilities across the U.S., we analyzed and prioritized sites for potential on-site solar development, analyzed relevant policy and subsidy dynamics, examined environmental attribute markets, and wrote requests for proposals (RFPs) for candidate sites.
Areas of Expertise:
- Hydrofluorocarbons. Green Strategies has been deeply involved in strategies to reduce emissions from refrigerants, working closely with one of the largest HVAC manufacturers in the world.
- Water Efficiency/Wastewater. Exacerbated by a warming climate, many regions face water stress and/or clean water challenges. We have worked on water savings and water treatment technologies, examined best policy practices, incentives, and regulatory standards, and advised clients on challenges and opportunities.
- Green Buildings. Green Strategies has worked with leading solutions providers of building decarbonization technologies (efficient appliances, building controls, envelopes, distributed generation and storage) to advocate and build support for policy measures that will advance the green building marketplace, including economic incentives and regulatory drivers at federal, state, and local levels.
- Circular Economy/Waste Elimination. Green Strategies assists clients with integrating circular economy principles into their supply chains, reducing waste, increasing efficiency, ensuring durable products, and pursuing recycling/reuse. We have advised clients and policymakers on waste and recycling policies.
- Supply Chain Decarbonization. Green Strategies advises clients on strategies to minimize supply chain emissions and improve efficiency and waste reduction through technology innovation improved efficiency and supply chain partner engagement.
- Urban Sustainability. Green Strategies has a strong background in the broad range of systems that contribute to a sustainable and healthy urban environment including transportation/last-mile delivery, energy, water, and the built environment.
- Climate Adaptation and Resilience. Green Strategies assists clients in highlighting how their products and services can provide climate adaptation or resiliency benefits and meet rising policymaker and stakeholder prioritization of these capabilities.
- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounting. Green Strategies is an expert on GHG accounting methodologies and best practices, both at the national GHG inventory level and at the corporate level.
- Climate Risk/ESG investing. Green Strategies advises clients on emerging frameworks to assess corporate and investor exposure to climate change risk. We also are active in the worldwide trend toward the evaluation of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors by investors and lenders.
- Financing Green Growth. Green Strategies is an active thought leader in green finance solutions to the climate crisis. Green Strategies is involved in issue areas including green banks, green bonds, and PACE financing, among others.
